Apocynaceae
Bwa sandal
Carissa spinarum
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Carissa
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Common names
By language (13)
- Afrikaans
- Enkeldoringnoemnoem
- Amharic
- ኣጋም
- Arabic
- كاريس شوكي, أمير ياسر, عرم
- arz
- كاريس شوكى
- Chinese
- 假虎刺, 甜假虎刺, 刺郎果, 老虎刺, 黑奶奶果, 云南假虎刺, 雲南假虎刺
- English
- Bwa sandal, Egyptian carissa
- German
- Karanda-Pflaume
- Japanese
- カリッサ・スピナルム
- Kinyarwanda
- Umushubi
- Malayalam
- ചെറുമുൾച്ചെടി
- Marathi
- करवंद
- Tamil
- சிறு கிளா
- Tsonga
- Ntshuguri
Synonyms
- Antura edules Forssk.
- Antura hadiensis J.F.Gmel.
- Arduina brownii K.Schum.
- Arduina campenonii Drake
- Arduina edulis Spreng.
- Arduina inermis (Vahl) K.Schum.
- Arduina laxiflora K.Schum.
- Arduina xylopicron (Thouars) Baill.
- Azima pubescens Suess.
- Cabucala brachyantha Pichon
- Carandas edulis Hiern
- Carissa abyssinica R.Br.
- Carissa axillaris Roxb.
- Carissa brownii F.Muell.
- Carissa brownii var. angustifolia Kempe
- Carissa brownii var. ovata (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche
- Carissa campenonii (Drake) Palacky
- Carissa candolleana Jaub. & Spach
- Carissa carandas var. congesta (Wight) Bedd.
- Carissa carandas var. paucinervia (A.DC.) Bedd.
- Carissa cochinchinensis Pierre ex Pit.
- Carissa comorensis (Pichon) Markgr.
- Carissa congesta Wight
- Carissa coriacea Wall. ex G.Don
- Carissa coriacea Wall.
- Carissa cornifolia Jaub. & Spach
- Carissa dalzellii Bedd.
- Carissa densiflora Baker
- Carissa densiflora var. microphylla Danguy ex Lecomte
- Carissa diffusa Roxb.
- Carissa dulcis Schumach. & Thonn.
- Carissa edulis Vahl
- Carissa edulis f. nummularis (Pichon) Markgr.
- Carissa edulis f. pubescens (A.DC.) Pichon
- Carissa edulis subsp. continentalis Pichon
- Carissa edulis subsp. madagascariensis (Thouars) Pichon
- Carissa edulis var. ambungana Pichon
- Carissa edulis var. comorensis Pichon
- Carissa edulis var. densiflora (Baker) Pichon
- Carissa edulis var. edulis
and 58 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to June, September to November (from 88 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aruna Gamuz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aparna Shyam, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.